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About us
We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.
The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.
About the role
Breast Cancer Now’s life-saving research and essential support services are only possible because of our amazing supporters. The supporter experience manager will help to ensure all Breast Cancer Now supporters have brilliant experiences with us. This means supporters are thanked properly, kept up to date about the impact of their support and given interesting, relevant opportunities to support again. This varied role will work with teams across the organization to share supporter insight, embed best practice, and create consistency. You’ll be leading mystery shopping, running workshops with teams and creating resources. Your role will have a particular emphasis on working to make sure individual giving supporters are well looked after.
About you
The successful candidate will be passionate about championing supporters’ wants, needs and preferences, advocating for supporters to be considered at every turn. You’ll have worked on activities to improve supporter or customer experience previously, whether in a charity or company. You’ll be confident in managing projects which involve multiple teams, and most importantly you’ll be able to get people excited about experience.
Job description and benefits
Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role is primarily based in our Cardiff, Glasgow, London or Sheffield office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any immediate questions please contact us.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.
Closing date 9am on Friday 9 August 2024
Interview date Week commencing 19 August 2024
Harris Hill are delighted to be working with an East London Hospice to recruit a Legacy and In Memory Officer. In this role you will deliver and grow the legacy fundraising and in-memory giving programmes through managing legacy and in-memory campaigns and providing exceptional stewardship to supporters to build long term engagement and support.
Your key responsibilities will include;
- Developing and implementing the legacy fundraising strategy, focusing on raising awareness of gifts in wills and growing the number of people who remember the hospice in their Will.
- Developing and implementing the in-memory giving strategy, focusing on providing excellent stewardship to bereaved families, developing appropriate campaigns, products and events.
- Collecting personal stories and quotes from donors to develop case studies to be used in fundraising materials
- Managing the legacy fundraising budget, ensuring all activities are delivered to budget and meet agreed objectives
- Managing relationships with external suppliers and providers such as Funeral Directors, MuchLoved, Will writing partners
This position would ideally suit a candidate who;
- Has experience in delivering legacy and/or in-memory fundraising campaigns
- Has experience in multi-channel marketing for fundraising
- Is able to sensitively handle calls from bereaved persons
- Has experience of managing activities to budget, and can set and work to agreed KPI’s
- Has an understanding of the Legacy administration process
This is a hybrid working role requiring 3dpw in office.
The closing date for applications is Monday 5th August, so for more information about how to apply and next steps please apply here now.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
Battersea’s Income Generation department plays a pivotal role in making sure we can be here for every cat and dog now and in the future. Working with colleagues across the organisation, we provide members of the public and organisations with opportunities to engage with Battersea and to support our work.
We are looking for someone to join our team as a Supporter Experience Officer, to deliver supporter communication journeys across a range of channels and audiences to retain support, and increase engagement with Battersea and inspire them to continue, increase or diversify their support.
The ideal candidate will have proven experience of planning, implementing and evaluating direct marketing campaigns, with demonstrable knowledge of direct marketing across a range of media channels. They should also have experience of accountability and reporting for results, income and expenditure.
What we can offer you:
In return for your commitment to our cause and to recognise the value of our employees, Battersea offers a range of benefits to support the wellbeing of our employees. These include:
- 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
- Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to Wellbeing Resources.
- Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
- Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture every year.
- Annual interest-free season ticket loans
We are also committed to providing learning and development to our employees. During your time with us, we provide support for your professional and career development, including access to digital and in-person training programmes, leadership and management training, mentoring and much more.
Our hybrid working model:
We operate a 50% onsite hybrid working model, with our office-based staff splitting their time between site based and home working. This enables our office-based staff to balance the benefits of home working with onsite collaboration and maintaining a connection to our cause.
Diversity and inclusion:
At Battersea, we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse workforce and inclusive culture in all aspects of our organisation. We aim to ensure that this pledge, reinforced by our values, is embedded in our day-to-day working practices and our work together.
By hearing from and valuing different experiences, perspectives, and contributions, we know we can provide the best expert care for every dog and cat who needs us. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly those from diverse ethnic communities and people with disabilities, who we know are currently underrepresented in our workforce.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we will ask about any adjustments you may need at application and/or interview stage, and if you are offered a role with us, we’ll talk to you about any workplace adjustments you may need to help you perform at your best.
More about us:
At Battersea, we aim to never turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We give each one lots of love, expert care and get to know their characters and quirks so we can find them a new home that’s just right for them. Join us and help us be here for every dog and cat, wherever they are, for as long as they need us.
Closing date: 11th August 2024
Interview date(s): w/c 19th August 2024 (1st round); w/c 26th August 2024 (2nd round if applicable)
For full details, please download our recruitment pack.
To apply for the role, please click the button below. All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.
Battersea is here for every dog and cat, and has been since 1860. We believe that every dog and cat deserves the best.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Starting salary £30,000 per annum | 35 hours per week (Full-time) | Permanent
This role will involve hybrid working from home and WGN offices, as well as travel across London and community-based working as determined by service user and service delivery requirements.
About us
Women and Girls Network (WGN) was established in 1987 and has spent over 30 years supporting women and girls across London affected by gendered violence. This includes childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence, rape, prostitution (including trafficking and sexual exploitation), female genital mutilation (FGM), and so-called 'honour' based crimes such as forced marriage.
About the role
We are now looking for looking for an experienced and dynamic Pan-London Specialist Housing Caseworker to join our highly successful Advice Casework Service.
The Advice Casework Service provides trauma-informed, intersectional, woman-centred, rights and strengths-based advocacy and advice that supports survivors on their unique journey of healing and growth. The work is delivered through a commitment to an anti-oppressive, feminist framework that strives to address additional barriers and meet the diverse range of survivors needs, understanding the specific support needs of each survivor. We are passionate about social justice and being part of dismantling systems and structures which oppress survivors, and Caseworkers play a key role in identifying current issues affecting survivors in London and opportunities for change.
As a Caseworker you will work with young women (18-30) who have experienced any form of violence against women and girls (VAWG), providing medium and long-term practical, emotional and advocacy support. You will amplify young women’s voices and create a non-judgemental and creative space where survivors are free to be their authentic selves, safely explore their rights, options and impact of their experiences, and make informed choices about their future. You will manage a caseload of young women, as well as lead in delivering our one-off drop-in specialist practical support to sessions to young women as part of the Voice and Choice Project.
About you
The ideal candidate will be experienced in providing specialist advocacy support to young people, have an excellent insight into the needs of survivors of VAWG and to be passionate about delivering creative face-to-face sessions to young people. If you have the required skills and are passionate about supporting survivors, we would love to hear from you.
Interview details
Interviews are expected to take place remotely in the week commencing 26th August 2024, however, please note dates may be subject to change.
Further Information
This post is subject to satisfactory references and a DBS check.
WGN’s employee benefits include: 3% pension contribution, enhanced leave entitlement and an Employee Assistance Programme, as well as the opportunity to work with a leading multi-cultural, women-led feminist charity.
We welcome and encourage applications from women of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Ethnic communities.
WGN is an equal opportunities employer. Posts are exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the Role
Sense is recruiting for a Senior Database Officer to join our fantastic team in King’s Cross, London. This is a permanent, hybrid role, working one day a week in the office. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in meeting the department’s complex and varied data requirements. This is a high-energy varied role and the post holder will be expected to manage and push forward multiple work activities simultaneously. Your core focus will be delivering data selections and exports to all teams in the Supporter Engagement directorate as such, a solid working knowledge - and experience of the Raiser’s Edge is essential. This is an exciting time to be joining the team as we work towards moving over to Microsoft dynamics in March 2025 and the successful candidate will have a hand in shaping this work and support with the transition.
The main duties and responsibilities include:
- Working with the Data Manager and all Supporter Engagement teams, the post holder will ensure data selections are delivered accurately, cleanly and on time working to an agreed process
- Proactively liaise with supporter facing teams to ensure clarity regarding upcoming selections and potential overlaps between audience groups
- Use this knowledge to champion the supporter’s interests during the planning and development phases of any and all campaigns
- Working with customer teams, produce accurate inclusion queries to extract data.
- Understand and maintain accurate suppression queries to ensure our compliance with both our legal responsibilities and the best practices expected by our supporters.
- Manipulate data exports to ensure consistent formatting and structures before releasing the selection to our internal stakeholders
- Perform quality control tasks on data selections to ensure accuracy before releasing the selection to our internal stakeholders
To succeed in this role, you will have:
- Considerable experience of working with the Raiser’s Edge database with a demonstrable understanding of the single customer view
- Excellent understanding about how data can be used to drive a variety of disparate income streams with different audiences
- A track record of delivering multi segment data selections accurately and on time in a dynamic working environment
- A clear and demonstrable understanding of data protection regulations and other regulatory frameworks
- Sound understanding of direct marketing practices
- Experience of providing database training and documentation to users
- Excellent organisational skills with a logical and investigative approach to problem solving
- Excellent time management and co-ordination skills
- Experience manipulating and translating client requirements for data into a working technical framework with associated hierarchies and suppressions
For a full job description and person specification, please see the link below
To Apply
Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your application to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the job description and person specification before applying.
Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.
No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.
Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to a DBS check; level dependent on the nature of the role.
For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.
Job Purpose
Your legacy will be a tangible impact on slowing down climate change, helping nature recover and creating social impact by developing funding relationships that support our woodland projects and organisational development more broadly.
You will join a fast-growing organisation that started in 2019 with four volunteers and has grown to a staff team of nineteen (with more recruitment in the pipeline for 2024), over 1,000 volunteers and ownership of nearly 600 acres of land that will grow woodlands of over 160,000 trees.
We are looking for an experienced trusts and foundations fundraising professional with exceptional grant writing & management skills. You will help take ANT to our next level of impact by identifying funding opportunities and by inspiring funders to join our ambitious plans for effecting change.
The role
We have recently updated our Fundraising Strategy to help meet our exciting plans on growth. Fundraising goals are focused on a specific target around the establishment of Lower Chew Forest, medium term unrestricted buffers to plug potential funding gaps and a longer term goal of unrestricted funding to make the organisation more independent, sustainable and resilient. There will be also be an opportunity to support more specific areas of our existing woodland projects such as our green skills workshops and potentially, the acquisition of new woodland.
Our work with trusts & foundations to date has been limited but successful. We believe there is a real opportunity for developing relationships with funders with aligned goals. In particular we see opportunities in the following areas:
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biodiversity
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flood mitigation & chemical run off
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connecting people to the environment, especially marginalised communities
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innovation and pioneering new ways of working
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alternative forms of farming
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green economy skills building
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children & young people
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funders focused on the Avon area
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partnerships
We are looking for an individual who has a shared passion for our work. You will inspire funders of the benefits of our model for affecting tangible change in the fight against the climate crisis.
Main responsibilities
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Work with the Head of Engagement, Communications and Fundraising to review our current trusts & foundations offerings & processes. Develop a set of recommendations for improvements, with the potential to overhaul the proposition and shape it in your own vision
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Working towards funding goals as laid out in our update Fundraising Strategy, consult the Lower Chew Forest project lead to identify and package up specific funding opportunities
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Identify areas of our work that might be of interest to funders supplying unrestricted income
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Work with relevant staff to develop strong cases for support and case studies, both at a organisational and individual project level
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Coordinate with the Impact & Knowledge Lead to gather supporting impact data
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Research potential funders and build a working pipeline of applications and calendar of activities. Track progress and gather feedback.
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Write persuasive and impactful grant proposals. Use storytelling techniques to bring the scale and ambition of our projects to life
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Develop and nurture relationships with key funders
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Provide timely reporting for funders to a high standard, including updates and end of grant reports
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There is the opportunity to work with the Head of Engagement, Communications & Fundraising on wider fundraising initiatives, for example our project-based crowdfunder - if this is of interest
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Contribute to statutory grant applications for large project-based funding
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Other duties and opportunities as required
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The RAF Benevolent Fund is the leading welfare charity for the RAF. Every year we make a real difference to the 40,000 plus people who benefit from our services. Working at the Fund is more than sitting at your desk. In this role you will have the opportunity to be part of our RAF Family. Alongside helping our beneficiaries we also get to hang out with Spitfires and Typhoons, take part in a Dambusters bike ride, attend events like Royal Ascot, the Chelsea Flower Show, and the Bomber Command Memorial Service. Every day you will make a difference and play your part in changing the lives of others and helping people in the RAF Family get through the toughest of times.
Reporting directly to the Controller (Chief Executive) and as a member of the Executive Leadership Team, when required, the Associate Director of Strategy and Impact will have the responsibility to lead and manage the Research and Evaluation, Applications Development and Business Intelligence teams to ensure the Fund is a research led and enabled organisation. The role will require strong leadership to ensure all these facets continue to deliver innovative ways to support the Fund’s strategy and ambitions.
We are seeking someone with good attention to detail, the ability to prioritise and have a strong work ethic. You will also be able to understand and analyse complex business concepts and engage with the Fund to proactively support the delivery of strategic objectives. Being a good team player and having excellent written & verbal communication skills is crucial.
You will be able to build and develop various methods to influence and promote insights, including your experience in applying research and/or data to develop organisational change in order to help the Fund remain relative, competitive, and sustainable. In addition, you will bring your experience of dealing with complex problems and your proven ability to deliver change to this role.
The role is based in the London office, with the expectation to work a minimum of three days in the office. The successful candidate for this role will need to prove they have the right to work in the UK.
To apply, please send your cv together with a covering letter detailing why you believe you are suitable for this role and providing examples of how you meet the person specification to Pete Thompson, Head of HR.
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 31st July at 5.00pm. Please note interviews will take place Wednesday 7th August 2024.
Recovery Navigator
Location: Northumberland, NE63 8BL
Salary: £24,020 - £30,790 per annum
The Role
Our client is excited to offer an opportunity for a Peripatetic Recovery Navigator to join their Northumberland Recovery Partnership Team.
This is a dynamic and rewarding role where you will:
- Creating, implementing, and reviewing ongoing recovery and treatment plans.
- Facilitate and promote the progression of individuals from initial engagement into structured treatment.
- Contribute to reducing substance-related harm to individuals and the wider community.
- Collaborate closely with key partners and colleagues to achieve the best health and wellbeing outcomes for individuals.
- Have Excellent boundaries and ability to apply ‘co-production’ principles to any stage of treatment and recovery.
- Be Able to think creatively about treatment options, changes and transitions in the context of a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency approach.
- Encourage service users to become involved in the service and in service user forums in Calderdale that will enhance their experience and increase a sense of belonging.
By working diligently and proactively, as part of an integrated multi-agency team, you will apply intensive and co-created recovery solutions, enabling health & well-being improvements that are meaningful and sustainable.
You will provide substance misuse-specific knowledge and interventions, offering the right treatment to people, where they are at. You will be ensuring that ample treatment intensity is provided, at the appropriate pace and be able to think ahead making sure that doors are opened for enhanced recovery and mutually agreed ‘successful outcomes’ are achieved. Working to a Strength-Based Approach focusing on individuals and community assets, you will work alongside other frontline practitioners.
You will be resourceful, able to articulate yourself appropriately on behalf of your service users and resilient to change and challenges. To support this, alongside line management and multi-disciplinary clinical meetings, you will be provided with regular psychologist led reflective practice.
Please Note: As a peripatetic Recover Navigator you will be required to travel to different bases throughout Northumberland covering Absences, illnesses etc. you wont be required to hold a caseload but may be required to work across all work streams within the partnership - Mileage will be paid.
Skills and Qualifications
- NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care (or above or equivalent) or willing to work towards this in post.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office programmes
- Understanding of and ability to implement interventions, including brief interventions MI, PSIs, CBT and ITEP.
- Delivering 1-2-1 and group therapeutic interventions
- Experience of working with carers and families
Benefits
- Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years’ service)
- Annual leave purchase scheme
- Enhanced occupational sick pay
- Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension
- Death in service benefit
- Free Will writing
- Eyecare vouchers
- Blue light card discount
- Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses
- Work-life balance- flexible working and family friendly policies
- Happy, Healthy You! – their wellbeing offers for their workforce
- Employee Assist Programme and Humankind Support Networks
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable organisation, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.
The organisation is an equal opportunities employer
They value unique perspectives and experiences that everyone can bring, and fully understand the strength in diversity and inclusion. They encourage applications from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability. If you have a genuine passion for working for them, we want to hear for you. They also welcome applications from people with lived experience with substance use.
We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Bank Support Worker to join our Young People service in Hounslow.
£13.15 per hour, Zero Hour Contract.
Want to feel like you have an exciting future? You'll feel at home here.
Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.
Bank Support Workers have the ability to accept any shifts available on an ad-hoc basis across from all of Look Ahead's specialisms including Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Homelessness and Young People. Bank Support Workers will provide support to customers to help them develop the life skills they require to meet the assessed needs of the customers of the service.
All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.
What you'll do:
- Working proactively with other members of the team to handle the service caseload and administrative responsibilities
- Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers
- Conducting key work sessions that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support Plan goals
- Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking'
- Proactively manage risk and safety both in and outside of their physical living environment
- Support customers to undertake all domestic tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation
- Undertake all administrative work and keep accurate and comprehensive tenant/customer records to professional standards
- Report any observations relating to customers welfare
- Develop and maintain links with all key agencies and service providers in the local area to provide a range of engagement opportunities for customers in the community
- Enable customers to make full use of community facilities by providing support as directed
- Carry out support duties to enable customers to integrate into the community including e.g. accompanying the customer to attend benefit agency appointments and meetings, go shopping, to enquire at colleges about possible courses, to visit various public amenities
- Empower customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to
This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead
About you:
- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
- Approachable and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
- Flexible
- Open to feedback and self development
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is essentially customer-focused
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviours
What you'll bring:
Desirable:
Applicants may have some previous relevant work experience. This may be experience gained from care of a vulnerable person or work in similar organisations. Prior experience is not a pre-requisite for the role as key behaviours and core competencies will also be taken into account.
About us:
Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 120 services, providing support to around 6000 customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.
We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:
* We focus on Excellence and innovation.
* We are Caring and Compassionate.
* We are Inclusive and Trusted.
* We work in Partnership and are One-Team.
Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.
If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.
Please see our website for full job description.
METRO is looking to recruit for the vacancy of Parenting Support Practitioner. This fulfilling and exciting role is dedicated to helping empower, equip and support parents of teenagers in the London borough of Greenwich. The role will support parents one-to-one through mentoring and coaching to improve their skills and confidence in managing relationships with their teenage children.
Programme
The METRO Parenting Support Programme is part of the Young Greenwich Partnership, delivering a new integrated programme commissioned by the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The essential purpose of the Young Greenwich programme is to enable young people to develop holistically, working with them to facilitate their personal, social and educational aspirations to develop their voice and reach their full potential. The programme is led by NHS Oxleas Foundation Trust (Oxleas) and delivered with Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) partners, who, together with METRO, form the Young Greenwich Partnership.
The METRO Parenting Support Programme delivers coaching, group work, mentoring and counselling designed to help parents of teenagers achieve their health and wellbeing goals. This, in
turn, will allow us to achieve goals for parents and children and young people as part of the wider Young Greenwich programme.
Role
The role will include working with parents one-to-one and in groups to identify goals around improving confidence and wellbeing and using mentoring and coaching tools and techniques to help support parenting skills development. Topics will include understanding the developmental needs of teenage children, managing challenging behaviour, and looking after your health and wellbeing.
Charity People are excited to be working in partnership with the fantastic team at The Barratt Foundation, to find a brilliant Foundation Partnerships and Projects Manager. This role will lead in the delivery of their national charity partnerships programme, covering employee fundraising, volunteering and charitable projects across the business.
The Barratt Foundation launched in 2021 to draw together, professionalise and grow charitable giving at Barratt Developments PLC, and is an independent UK registered charity that is solely funded by an annual donation from Barratt Developments PLC.
The Foundation supports good causes across the country and donates over £4m each year to make a difference in communities all across the UK, including those where Barratt operate. Principally they make an impact through our national charity partnerships and a number of grantmaking programmes.
Since the Foundation launched in 2021, it has donated over £12m for 1,000 charities nationwide, as well as delivering a portfolio of highly impactful national charity partnerships helping over 100,000 young people each year.
Salary: £45,000-50,000
Location: London
Flexible working - with an expectation of splitting time between the office, charity partners, Barratt Divisions and home.
London Office: Central London office and East London Office - with an expectation of at least 2 days a week in the office.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 per week
Benefits:
This role also comes with an extensive benefits package, including:
- An opportunity to earn up to 10% bonus
- Generous Pension Scheme - with 5% minimum employee / 10% maximum employer contributions
- 26 days holiday with additional day every 3 years service up to a max of 29 days
- Ability to buy/sell holiday
- Single Private Medical with Annual Health Assessment
The Role
This role is the perfect opportunity for someone with extensive knowledge of corporate/charity partnerships who can deliver against the Barratt Foundations charitable strategy, delivering impact across a large number of charity partners, and using their expertise to maximise fundraising, volunteering and communication objectives.
Additionally, the role involves recruiting, briefing, and supporting Barratt colleagues to increase employee fundraising, volunteering, and involvement in charitable activities across the business. Proactive engagement with Barratt Divisions and employees to raise the profile of the Foundation is essential. The role also requires leading important projects across volunteering, fundraising, governance, and reporting to support the Foundation in its exciting start-up phase. The role also includes working with the Employee Communications team to develop clear and compelling adverts, case studies, and news articles about Foundation activities.
About you
The role will be perfect for someone who can demonstrate:
- Experience managing corporate / charity partnerships
- Experience in managing volunteering and fundraising activities and events
- A passion for the charity sector and creating social impact
- Experience managing high value corporate charity partnerships as well as colleague engagement activities.
- Excellent communication skills and an ability to inspire others
- Ambitious, with the ability to drive improvements and constantly evolve
- Excellent project management skills
- Working well as part of a small, dynamic and entrepreneurial team
If this role incredible role sounds like your next move, please get in touch with to find out more on how to apply!
First stage interviews are provisionally scheduled for 12th August in person, with second stage w/c 19th August. There is potential flexibility on these dates.
We actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion and would love to hear from candidates from outside of the sector with transferrable skills.
At Charity People, we match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.
Partnerships & Projects Manager
https://barrattfoundation.org.uk/
About us
Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.
It has never been a more important time for Crisis. With homelessness reaching record levels and a new Government taking power, we have an opportunity to keep homelessness high on the political agenda and secure the delivery of policy solutions that we know can build a future free from homelessness.
This role will play a key role in supporting our political influencing and public affairs activity, to establish Crisis’ relationship with the newly elected Parliament, and crucially provide the secretariat to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ending Homelessness.
Location: Based in our London office (we are open to a range of flexible working options, in line with Crisis’ Hybrid-Working Policy. The team works in the office together one day per week, we can be flexible on this but attending in-person meetings in Westminster and for APPG events will be required)
About the role
As Public Affairs Officer you will provide the secretariat for the APPG for Ending Homelessness, a well-established cross-party group, with broad interest and engagement from across the sector and who have successfully influenced Government on a range of issues relating to homelessness. The Public Affairs Officer will work with the APPG co-chairs and officers to agree a strategic programme of work and to deliver events, meetings and inquiries in adherence with parliamentary procedures. You will work with the wider Policy and Campaigns team to establish the APPG position on key homelessness and housing announcements, as well as managing the APPG communications via the website, mailing list and social media. Previous APPG activities have included inquiries into the previous Government’s commitment to end rough sleeping, homelessness amongst Ukrainian refugees and homelessness upon leaving public services.
You will also shape and help deliver Crisis’ public affairs activity, including in support of our national campaigns to secure the policy changes to end homelessness, and to increase awareness of Crisis more broadly. This includes shaping regular engagement with MPs and politicians to inspire them to work with Crisis, position us as experts, as well as delivering Parliamentary events and supporting our programme of activity at political party conferences.
The role sits within the campaigns team in the Policy and Social Change directorate, but you’ll collaborate with a wide range of teams across the organisation to identify public affairs opportunities and ensure people with lived experience are at the heart of our political influencing activity, including with Crisis frontline services.
We’re a passionate and supportive team, dedicated to our mission of ending homelessness.
About you
To be successful in this role you will have strong knowledge of parliamentary and political procedures, including experience of working with APPGs or similar groups of politicians. You will have excellent communication and organisation skills, attention to detail, and good ability to understand policy solutions and how best to communicate them to a range of audiences to inspire people to work with Crisis and the APPG.
Understanding or knowledge of homelessness or housing policy is desirable. You may have experience in; public affairs, policy, communications and public relations.
We believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that Crisis truly reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission of ending homelessness for good. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of homelessness, and people from all marginalised groups, communities and backgrounds.
Working at Crisis
As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
- Interest free loans for travel season ticket, cycle to work, and deposit to secure a tenancy
- Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8.5%
- 28 days and option to purchase up to 10 additional days leave
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay
- Flexible working around the core hours 10am-4pm
- And more! (Full list of benefits available on website)
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience, and career.
When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.
How to apply
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Closing date: Sunday 4 August 2024 (at 23:59)
Interviews will be held W/C 13 August in person at our offices near Liverpool Street, London
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Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) is the only UK charity dedicated to raising awareness of economic abuse and transforming responses to it. Our vision is a world in which all women and girls are economically equal and live their lives free of abuse and exploitation.
Economic abuse is a form of coercive and controlling behaviour: 95% of women who experience domestic abuse will experience economic abuse. It limits their choices and ability to access safety.
We work in partnership to ensure women have access to and control over their own economic resources. We focus on four strategic priorities: public education and awareness-raising; transforming professional responses; ensuring systems do not inadvertently facilitate economic abuse; and influencing policy.
Our work is led by victim-survivors of economic abuse (Experts by Experience). Their lived experience and knowledge shapes everything we do. We are always learning, and we share our expertise via a national working group and an international network of practitioners, researchers and policymakers.
Founded in 2017, we are purposeful and agile in approach. We led the successful call to recognise and define economic abuse within the UK Parliament’s Domestic Abuse Bill. This has created a framework and momentum for change. Our aim now is to ensure that policy and practice recognises economic abuse so that victim-survivors are supported to achieve economic justice and abusers are held accountable for their behaviour.
About the Compass Project
The Compass Project Coordinator will work as part of an exciting new partnership between Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA), Living Without Abuse (LWA) and RISE (Refuge, Information, Support & Education). The Compass Project seeks to develop best practice responses to economic abuse within the coordinated community response by working with local professionals to help them understand and respond to economic abuse.
About the Compass Project Coordinator role
The Compass Project Coordinator will work to:
- Act as a point of contact for stakeholders across the Project areas (Brighton & Hove, Leicester, Rutland and Leicestershire), coordinating stakeholder engagement and access to training and resources.
- Work closely with the Interim Women’s Sector Manager to coordinate and implement the Compass Project in pilot sites.
The Compass Project Coordinator will:
1. Collaborate with Compass Project Partners to:
- Support the coordination of training and dissemination of resources to professionals across the two pilot sites.
- Identify and engage with local lived experience groups and women with experience of economic abuse, ensuring inclusion of women from minoritised groups, to inform and guide our work.
- Develop and maintain key working relationships and partnerships with various stakeholders and partners across the two local sites including the facilitation of links with money and debt advice services, and local financial services.
- Support the collection of qualitative and quantitative data from the network for the purpose of project and external evaluation.
2. Facilitating access to economic abuse training and resources:
- Develop and deliver tailored training sessions on economic abuse to enable frontline workers to recognise and respond to economic abuse.
- Work with Compass Project Partners to integrate relevant economic abuse content into existing resources.
- Implement data collection processes to support the evaluation of the project.
- Ensure effective communication with the project group and coordination of activities across the two pilot sites. Promote and facilitate SEA’s established routes to support for survivors and professionals.
- Attend local VAWG/DA Network meetings in a consultative capacity as an expert for economic abuse.
- Work with the communications teams across project partners to effectively promote the project.
- Facilitate referrals for women to the Domestic and Financial Abuse Team at Lloyds Banking Group and other banks/building societies we have direct links into.
3. General Duties and Responsibilities
- As part of the Specialist Team at SEA, manage the info@ email account on a designated day.
- Represent SEA in training and presentation requests.
- Contribute to evaluation reports and presentations as required for the Compass Project.
- To contribute to the promotion of SEA and its work and uphold its behaviours and values.
- To participate and contribute to team meetings and organisational development.
- To engage in learning and take responsibility for continuous personal development.
- To comply with SEA and MAP’s policies and procedures and legal requirements, such as provisions set out in the GDPR, Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and Equality Act 2010.
Person specification
We are looking for a domestic abuse and/or frontline community professional with an interest in developing expertise around economic abuse. In order to apply, you should have the following skills and experience:
Essential knowledge/skills/experience
- Knowledge and experience of supporting and working with victim-survivors of domestic abuse. Frontline experience of working with victim-survivors would be an advantage.
- An understanding of the coordinated community response to domestic abuse and commitment to all aspects of partnership working to improve the response.
- A strong and demonstrable interest in economic abuse.
- Experience of developing and delivering training face to face and online.
- Strong communication and engagement skills.
- Experience of safeguarding and managing risk.
- Experience of working in partnership and managing relationships with voluntary and statutory sector agencies to enable their full participation in the partnership.
- Demonstratable experience of implementing project delivery plans with a range of stakeholders, and reporting on progress and risk management.
- Ability to produce high quality documents and maintain confidentiality.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills including the ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
- Ability to work effectively as a member of a team and on own initiative.
- A commitment to the values and ethos of SEA.
Desirable knowledge/skills
- Experience of contributing to the development of resources for self-advocacy/professional practice.
Abilities
- A fast learner who can hit the ground running.
- Adaptable and a good team player.
- A positive, can-do approach.
- Resilient, with a calm, measured approach.
Additional information
- This role is home-based. A laptop and telephone are provided, and travel expenses are covered.
- The team meets approximately once a month, virtually and in various locations across the UK on a quarterly basis.
- Appointment to this role will be subject to right to work in the UK.
- Due to the nature of our work, this role will also be subject to satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) enhanced check and references.
What we offer
- 25 days annual leave (pro rata), plus 5 Wellbeing Days (pro rata) and Statutory Bank Holidays.
- Flexible working.
- Working from home allowance.
- 3% Employer Pension Contribution.
- Reflective practice and Employee Assistance Programme.
- The chance to be part of our highly professional, supportive team.
Application and interview
- This post is only open to female applicants as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
- Apply via the link to the jobs page on our website.
- Applications will be reviewed, and interviews arranged, on a rolling basis, so for the best chance of success, please apply ASAP.
- If you have been shortlisted for interview, you will be informed by email.
- If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of your application being submitted, please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion.
- All posts, including remote posts, must be based in the UK.
- The deadline to submit your application is 2nd August 2024 at 1600hrs, although please note that we reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
- Interviews will be held throughout July and August.
Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) is committed to developing an inclusive team which reflects the diversity of the communities we support. Our culture celebrates diverse voices, and we particularly encourage applications from Black and minoritised applicants and disabled applicants who are under-represented at SEA.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
BACKGROUND
Habitat for Humanity Great Britain (Habitat GB) is part of the international Habitat for Humanity network. We tackle housing poverty around the world by working in partnership with communities and families to achieve their dreams of a safe and decent place to live.
“Home Equals” is a five-year global advocacy campaign, recently launched by Habitat for Humanity International and dedicated to achieving policy change, at all levels, to ensure that people living in informal settlements especially in the Global South have equitable access to adequate housing. Together, with partners, governments and communities, we can create lasting change so that people living in informal settlements have safe and secure homes.
As a global housing leader, Habitat for Humanity has a unique opportunity in ensuring that access to adequate housing is prioritized around the world. Together, we can advance policies that unlock the potential of people who deserve an equal shot at a decent home.
Purpose of The role
Habitat GB is seeking a dedicated and experienced Head of Advocacy to lead our efforts in advocating for policy change within the UK government (in particular targeting the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) to prioritise housing in international development. This pivotal role will play a crucial part in supporting Habitat for Humanity's global advocacy agenda which aims to promote equitable access to adequate housing worldwide, focusing on informal settlements in the Global South. The Head of Advocacy will be instrumental in building Habitat GB's profile and influence, establishing strong relationships and coalitions with stakeholders in the UK, identifying lobbying opportunities, providing strategic political insight, and ensuring systematic monitoring and analysis of the international development political landscape. By collaborating with internal teams, external partners, and stakeholders, the successful candidate will drive meaningful change and contribute to addressing housing challenges on a global scale.
· Develop Advocacy Strategy: Lead the development of a comprehensive advocacy strategy aligned with Habitat GB's mission and the "Home Equals" campaign objectives, engaging key people in Habitat for Humanity's global advocacy team. This strategy should focus on advocating for policy change within the UK government to prioritize housing in international development.
· Delivery of Advocacy Strategy: Deliver activities to implement the advocacy strategy, working closely with Habitat GB’s senior leadership team and Habitat for Humanity's global advocacy team. Activities may include stakeholder engagement and coalition building, policy research and positioning, profile building, lobbying and political insight, and advocacy campaign, initiatives and events.
· Evaluation, Reporting and Learning: Establish mechanisms for systematic monitoring, analysis, and dissemination of political intelligence related to housing and international development issues in alignment with Habitat for Humanity International’s global metric tracking on advocacy impacts. Prepare regular reports on advocacy outcomes, lessons learned, and recommendations for future action.
· Collaboration and Coordination: Collaborate closely with Habitat for Humanity's global advocacy team especially on G7 related advocacy and implementation of the Home Equals campaign, other affiliates, and external partners to align advocacy efforts, share best practices, and coordinate actions for maximum effectiveness.
· Leadership and Management: Manage, motivate and mentor UK Housing Advocacy Manager, with regular 1-2-1s, setting individual objectives, giving and receiving feedback, progressing people and plans. Role model our values in line with Habitat GB’s inclusive approach to people and culture.
These responsibilities outline the multifaceted nature of the Head of Advocacy role, highlighting the importance of strategic planning, relationship building, political engagement, and impact evaluation in advancing Habitat GB's advocacy objectives related to housing and poverty reduction.
Person Specification
· Bachelor's degree in international relations, public policy, political science, or a related field (Master's degree preferred).
· Experience in advocacy, policy analysis, or government relations in the UK, with a focus on international development, housing, or related issues.
· Experience in developing, delivering and implementing advocacy strategies.
· Proven track record of successfully influencing policy change and mobilizing support for advocacy campaigns.
· Experience of directly engaging stakeholders and decision makers through events, networks, meetings and other mechanisms.
· Experience working in a cross-cultural or international context is desirable.
· Experience in senior management roles, encompassing strategic management and team leadership.
Skills and competencies:
· Strong understanding of the UK government structure, policy-making processes, and key stakeholders involved in international development.
· Strong interest and commitment to tackle housing poverty.
· Excellent communication skills, including the ability to articulate complex issues clearly and persuasively in written and verbal formats.
· Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective relationships with diverse stakeholders, including government officials, NGOs, and civil society organizations.
· Strategic thinker with the ability to develop and implement advocacy plans, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to changing circumstances.
· Ability to collaborate with diverse teams across multiple locations.
· Self-motivated, organized, and capable of working under pressure to meet deadlines and adapt to challenges.
· Enthusiastic, positive, and proactive with a solution-oriented mindset.
· Demonstrated interest in our work and commitment to continuous learning and development.
· Dedication to contributing to the inclusive, people-positive culture at Habitat.
The role and responsibilities will be carried out in a way which reflects:
· Habitat GB’s commitment to safeguarding children in accordance with the Safeguarding
Policy.
· A commitment to Habitat GB’s vision, mission, values and approach.
· A commitment to effective management of risk, by operating within the Charity’s code of conduct, policies, procedures and controls and by carrying out the risk management and assurance responsibilities of the role as set out in relevant Policy and Procedures.
This is not intended to be an exhaustive list. Job descriptions may be subject to change.
Flexibility
Habitat GB is seeking to rapidly expand its activities and impact to fight poverty across the world. This means that the organisation must be adaptable and flexible and have an ambitious, dynamic and flexible team. It is a requirement of the post holder to be flexible in terms of location (within reason), line management, and duties and responsibilities.
This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.
Start your Habitat journey
We want the recruitment process to give you the opportunity to share your skills and experience, and to find out more about Habitat. You are welcome to get in touch and arrange an informal chat with a member of the team before submitting an application. To apply for the role, please send us your CV and a cover letter telling us about yourself, how you meet the person specification, and your motivation for applying – we don’t expect this to be more than two sides of A4.
The deadline for applications is 11 August 2024 (at 11:59 pm).
Interviews will take place online from the week beginning 19 August 2024. Selected candidates will be contacted to agree a suitable time for interview.
Please note that we do not reimburse any expenses incurred during interviews.
We’d prefer to hear directly from applicants – we won’t be working with third party recruiters on this role.
This post profile is not set in stone. It gives insight into the main purpose of the role, and expected responsibilities, but it might be reviewed in the future to meet the changing requirements of Habitat for Humanity GB – any changes will be made in discussion with the post-holder.
Habitat for Humanity requires that all employees take seriously their ethical responsibilities to safeguard our intended beneficiaries, their communities, and all those with whom we work. Managers at all levels have responsibilities to support and develop systems that create and maintain an environment that prevents harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, safeguards the rights of beneficiaries and community members (especially children), and promotes the implementation of our code of conduct. The employment of this position will be subject to a satisfactory reference check and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
At Habitat for Humanity GB, we aim to build, develop and retain a talented workforce that represents a variety of backgrounds, skills and experiences. We welcome and actively encourage applications from anyone who feels they’d be a good fit for our organisation, regardless of race, religion, colour, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, neurodiversity or any other protected characteristics.
Unfortunately, because of high volume of applications we will not be able to contact unsuccessful applicants. If you haven’t heard from us within a month of the application deadline, please assume that your application has not been successful.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role outline and purpose
Ensuring the delivery of The Trussell Trust’s vision to end the need for food banks in the UK by developing an in-depth understanding of Trussell Trust food banks in their area and using coaching and assist to build and hold productive relationships to:
· Develop and execute a strategic plan for reducing the need for food banks’ services locally.
· Work alongside local partners to increase public will for long-term solutions to end the need for food banks.
· Develop and manage strategic relationships with key stakeholders to assist evidenced-based policy change at a local level and feed into activity to drive policy and practice at UK wide and national levels.
Responsibilities
· Assisting trustees, staff and volunteers within food banks to develop their plans to end the need for their services locally through the strategic key areas of operations, volunteering, data, participation, church engagement, governance and stability, financial inclusion, stakeholder engagement, local influencing, referral pathways and signposting.
· Assist food banks to operate in a safe, legal and dignified manner (through calls, visits, training, meeting facilitation and our risk management and self-assessment processes) and assist the facilitation of good practice within the network and wider organisation (through cluster meetings, regional forums, road shows, webinars, peer support and internal meetings).
· Contribute to the development and promotion of support available to food banks through the Trussell Trust (including use of the digital hub, toolkits, partnerships and expert advice) and assist food banks with grant application processes, as required.
· Develop and manage positive relationships with relevant external stakeholders, including local councils and anti-poverty networks, to ensure the Trussell Trust vision is understood and able to influence local decisions, whilst supporting and empowering food banks to foster these relationships locally.
· Work with food banks to ensure that local churches (including church leaders) are connected to and have an understanding of the importance of ending the need for food banks in local communities.
· Support the development, and lead on aspects of delivery, of projects with food banks and external partners that contribute to ending the need for food banks.
· Ensure the voice of our network is heard throughout the organisation through reporting, information sharing and participation in additional working groups and projects.
Technical skills and minimum knowledge:
· Competent and efficient use of IT, particularly the main Microsoft Office programmes. Previous experience of Salesforce or similar CRM system is desirable.
· Experience of working innovatively and creatively.
· Experience of complex problem solving and responding to crisis situations.
· Strong organisational skills and experience of managing competing priorities within challenging timescales.
· An appreciation and understanding of the significance of Christian faith within our food bank network, and the ability to build effective relationships in contexts where Christian faith plays a major part, and in which people of all faiths and none collaborate to make a difference together. Food banks in our network are typically governed by or run in partnership with local churches from across a wide range of denominations and traditions.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.